You're right, I wouldn't, but I also would know who they are and what their past is. I've [ read ] heard about a lot of what he did in the past, however, I've also had personal experience with him here. That experience means more than someone else's word.

This wasn't a situation where I just gave some random fuck the position of deputy mayor, this is someone who I've worked with for a long time before I gave him the position.